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  • start of business
  •   documents
    • tabling
      • PRESIDENT, The
  •   bills
    • clean energy legislation (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) (transitional provisions) bill 2013, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (manufacture levy) amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, true-up shortfall levy (excise) (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, true-up shortfall levy (general) (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, customs tariff amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, excise tariff amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, clean energy (income tax rates and other amendments) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
        • Williams, Sen John
        • Cameron, Sen Doug
        • Bernardi, Sen Cory
        • Thorp, Sen Lin
        • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
        • Boswell, Sen Ronald
  •   questions without notice
    • qantas (Conroy, Sen Stephen)
    • asylum seekers (Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah)
    • qantas (Bushby, Sen David)
    • qantas (Sterle, Sen Glenn)
    • qantas (Edwards, Sen Sean)
    • hazelwood coalmine (Di Natale, Sen Richard)
    • assistant minister for health (Wong, Sen Penny)
    • budget (Williams, Sen John)
    • water (Cameron, Sen Doug)
    • broadband (McKenzie, Sen Bridget)
  •   questions without notice: take note of answers
    • qantas
      • Conroy, Sen Stephen
      • Colbeck, Sen Richard
      • Cameron, Sen Doug
      • Fawcett, Sen David
      • Sterle, Sen Glenn
    • hazelwood coalmine
      • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   personal explanations
    • Brandis, Sen George
  •   notices
    • presentation
  •   business
    • leave of absence
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   notices
    • postponement
  •   bills
    • commonwealth electoral amendment (reducing barriers for minor parties) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • second reading
        • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
  •   committees
    • legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee
      • reporting date
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • legal and constitutional affairs references committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • environment and communications legislation committee
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • joint standing committee on national capital and external territories
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
    • joint standing committee on electoral matters
      • meeting
        • Kroger, Sen Helen
  •   motions
    • ukraine
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
  •   bills
    • native title amendment (reform) bill 2014
      • first reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
      • second reading
        • Siewert, Sen Rachel
  •   committees
    • privileges committee
      • report
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   condolences
    • welsh, mr michael
      • Urquhart, Sen Anne
  •   motions
    • fair work australia
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
      • Faulkner, Sen John
      • Marshall, Sen Gavin
      • Fierravanti-Wells, Sen Concetta
    • biennale of sydney
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
      • division
  •   notices
    • postponement
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   motions
    • mako sharks
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • asylum seekers
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Fifield, Sen Mitch
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
    • abbot point
      • Waters, Sen Larissa
      • Macdonald, Sen Ian
  •   documents
    • alastair furnival
      • order for the production of documents
        • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   motions
    • national perinatal depression initiative
      • Wright, Sen Penny
  •   documents
    • national commission of audit
      • order for the production of documents
        • Di Natale, Sen Richard
  •   matters of public importance
    • asylum seekers
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • DEPUTY PRESIDENT, The
      • Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
      • Back, Sen Chris
      • Carr, Sen Kim
      • Milne, Sen Christine
      • Bernardi, Sen Cory
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
      • Madigan, Sen John
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
  •   auditor-general's reports
    • report no. 21 of 2013-14
      • Ruston, Sen Anne (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   documents
    • responses to senate resolutions
      • tabling
        • Ruston, Sen Anne (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
  •   bills
    • social services and other legislation amendment bill 2013
      • explanatory memorandum
        • Mason, Sen Brett
  •   committees
    • parliamentary joint committee on human rights
      • report
        • Smith, Sen Dean
  •   documents
    • korea-australia free trade agreement
      • Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter
  •   documents
    • tabling
  •   bills
    • australian research council amendment bill 2013, education services for overseas students amendment bill 2013, telecommunications legislation amendment (consumer protection) bill 2013, therapeutic goods amendment (2013 measures no. 1) bill 2013, veterans' affairs legislation amendment (miscellaneous measures) bill 2013
      • assent
  •   committees
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
        • Madigan, Sen John
    • foreign affairs, defence and trade legislation committee
      • report
        • McKenzie, Sen Bridget
  •   bills
    • clean energy legislation (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (import levy) (transitional provisions) bill 2013, ozone protection and synthetic greenhouse gas (manufacture levy) amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, true-up shortfall levy (general) (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, true-up shortfall levy (excise) (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, customs tariff amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, excise tariff amendment (carbon tax repeal) bill 2013, clean energy (income tax rates and other amendments) bill 2013
      • second reading
        • Boswell, Sen Ronald
        • Stephens, Sen Ursula
        • Brown, Sen Carol
        • Xenophon, Sen Nick
  •   petitions
    • protection of dingoes on fraser island
      • Moore, Sen Claire
  •   documents
    • department of agriculture fisheries and forestry
      • Back, Sen Chris
  •   adjournment
    • Gallacher, Sen Alex (The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT)
    • canberra burns club's 90th anniversary
      • Seselja, Sen Zed
    • broadband
      • O'Neill, Sen Deb
    • sharks
      • Siewert, Sen Rachel
    • world plumbing day
      • Smith, Sen Dean
    • atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
      • Peris, Sen Nova
    • western australian goldfields miners monument
      • Back, Sen Chris
    • seeger, mr pete
      • Faulkner, Sen John
    • national broadband network
      • Bilyk, Sen Catryna
    • aviation transport safety bureau
      • Xenophon, Sen Nick
    • forced adoption
      • Moore, Sen Claire
    • kangaroos
      • Boswell, Sen Ronald
    • abbott government
      • Singh, Sen Lisa
    • thebarton senior college, time for kids, youth connections
      • Wright, Sen Penny
    • manufacturing
      • Boyce, Sen Sue
    • international women's day, overseas aid
      • Rhiannon, Sen Lee
    • sri lanka
      • Madigan, Sen John
  •   documents
    • consideration
  •   documents
    • tabling
    • tabling
    • indexed lists of departmental and agency files
    • departmental and agency contracts

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